Centurion+ Patent Holders as of October 15, 2024

Geng Wu

Dr. Geng Wu is an Intel Fellow and chief technologist for wireless technologies and standards at Intel Corporation. He leads Intel’s 5G and future-generation wireless standards development and ecosystem collaboration.

Wu received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tianjin University in Tianjin, China; and his Ph.D. in telecommunications from Université Laval in Québec, Canada. 

Patent №: 12120048 (October 15, 2024) – Remote interference management reference signal.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for Remote Interference Management (RIM) in wireless networks. RIM reference signals (RIM-RS) are transmitted to help affected Radio Access Network (RAN) nodes identify interfering RAN nodes, such as those impacted by atmospheric ducting. The RIM-RS is adaptable to different bandwidth configurations to ensure detection by aggressor RAN nodes. Other variations may also be described or claimed.

Matthew H Frey

3M Company – Corporate Research Materials Laboratory.

Patent №: 12115737 (October 15, 2024) – Thermally conductive articles including entangled or aligned fibers, methods of making same, and battery modules.

The disclosure describes thermally conductive articles, including a pad made of entangled conductive fibers with polymer impregnation. Some fibers have terminal ends on one or both surfaces. Another article includes a pad with aligned conductive fibers and two skin layers, each with a polymer matrix embedded in the fiber ends. Methods for making these conductive articles are also included.

Merritt Funk

Senior Member of Technical Staff at Tokyo Electron US.

Funk received the B.S.E.E. degree from Tri-State University, Angola, IN, in 1980 and the M.S.E.E. degree from the National Technology University in 1996. He is a member of the technical staff and focused on Plasma Etch R&D, Tokyo Electron America, Austin, TX

Patent №: 12119207 (October 15, 2024) – Apparatus for plasma processing.

A plasma processing apparatus includes two resonating structures. The first structure is connected to the first RF generator via a matching circuit. In contrast, the second structure, which surrounds the first, is connected to a second RF generator through a separate matching circuit.

Nadiya Kochura

Information Technology Software Developer at IBM.

Patent №: 12117914 (October 15, 2024) – Runtime environment determination for software containers.

A software container’s static metadata is used to assign it to a runtime environment through a machine learning model. During execution, runtime parameters are analyzed, and a second model checks if the current environment meets these requirements. If it does, the container continues running there; if not, it is moved to a more suitable environment based on both static and runtime parameters.